Late past year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) over doping abuse allegations but allowed clean Russian athletes to participate in the 2018 Winter Games under the Olympic flag and in the neutral status of an Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR). [Full Article...]

Yet she upset the Olympic race favourites with the run of a lifetime to deliver the Czech Republic a first gold medal in the sport. She missed on her first try. The Minnesotan however, has not taken her eye off the prize of completing her nearly five-year odyssey from being on top of the world and from injury to rehabilitation by winning the women's blue-riband event in South Korea. [Full Article...]

Russian Federation is looking more like the gold-medal favorite everyone expected it to be. After flashing the breakneck speed of forward Garrett Roe on O'Neill's goal and the quick reaction of Greenway on his rebound tally, the US suddenly looked gassed. [Full Article...]

The 22-year-old is among the favourites in next week's parallel giant slalom snowboard event, after taking out last year's world championship. "You're all great", she said to a packed room of reporters. Her return Saturday to the Olympic stage, in the women's super-G, marked the latest chapter in a story that has seen her endure pain that would break nearly anyone and everyone else. [Full Article...]

This meant there was never any chance of Hull's desperate record in this well-to-do corner of the capital being halted as Chelsea coasted to an 18th victory from 23 meetings between the clubs in SW6. I have different options. 'We need momentum and basically everything is going in the right way. "We're very pleased with our last two games so let's carry on". [Full Article...]

Lionel Messi has 12 goals in six games against the Basques, his best scoring average against any opposition. Alba's late strike added to Suarez's 16th-minute opener and clinched a victory that takes Barca 10 points clear at the top of La Liga over nearest challengers Atletico Madrid , who play on Sunday. [Full Article...]

All three of those games come against teams now ahead of the Nittany Lions in the standings, with two of them coming against ranked opponents. The Buckeyes didn't have an answer for Carr, who reached the 30-point mark for the second time in Big Ten play to lead the Nittany Lions to arguably their biggest win of the season. [Full Article...]

Cho Min-ho took a feed in the slot from Brock Radunske, one of six Canadians on the team, and fired a wrist shot past Czech goalkeeper Pavel Francouz. The baddest bounce for Canada came late in the second period, while on a two-man advantage after Chris Lee got mixed up with Michal Jordan, who pushed the Canadian defenceman into the Czech bench and closed the door, leading to an interference pen... [Full Article...]

Jimmie Johnson - The 2-time victor of the Daytona 500 did not have did not have he best finish previous year in the 500 (34th), but is poised to prove that 7 Series Championships weren't a fluke. COMMENTATOR 2: I think Chase stays right where he is. I didn't really like the Eagles because they beat my Falcons. The top two starting positions, held by pole-sitter Alex Bowman and Denny Hamlin... [Full Article...]

The French midfielder, who returned to United from Juventus for a then world record £89 million (100 million euros, $125 million) in 2016, hasn't completed 90 minutes since a 1-0 win at Burnley just under a month ago. It was a goal as simple as it was effective as Lukaku received a pass from Nemanja Matic and laid it off, quickly, to Juan Mata . Mata looked to have doubled the advantage on 45... [Full Article...]

On the season, Mitchell, who was selected 13 overall in last year's NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets before being traded to the Jazz, is mustering 19.6 points on 43.9 percent shooting from the floor, 3.5 rebounds, and 3,5 assists per game. [Full Article...]

Jayme Nicholas , a spokesperson for the ABC affiliate in Chicago , told Inc. that the goof was the result of a mix-up. PyeongChang , situated in South Korea, is where the Winter Olympics are now being held, and like every other news channel, Chicago's ABC affiliate WLS-Ch.7's news team also made a point to include headlines from the event. [Full Article...]

Graham becomes the 13th Australian to win a medal at a Winter Olympics . Ever since he was a child Kingsbury has thought about this title, pinning a picture of the Olympic rings above his bed as a youngster growing up in Quebec. Team USA's Casey Andringa could not top Graham, as he sat down on his landing after an ambitious second jump, and he earned a score of just 75.50 to put him effectively... [Full Article...]

He managed 13 goals in just 16 league appearances in Germany this year and if he can carry this form into the Premier League he will surely help Arsenal in their fight for a top four place. Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp says that striker Harry Kane will stay loyal to the club, despite interest from Real Madrid . [Full Article...]

The police department eventually deleted the tweet and posted a tweet acknowledging the career of Celtic great Bill Russell. The post paid tribute to former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach , who became the first National Basketball Association coach to draft an African-American player in 1950, an all African-American starting five in 1964 and to hire the league's first African-American ... [Full Article...]

But with Wentz expected to recover in time for the 2018 season, Foles and his role on the roster is interesting. While Foles is expected to be mentioned in trade rumors in the coming months, one National Football League general manager thinks that Philadelphia should keep the champion QB. [Full Article...]

The Spanish tactician has managed some of the best players in the world during his time at FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Attention turns to Europe's premier competition this week, with City travelling to face Swiss champion Basel in the last-16 - granting De Bruyne his latest chance to prove he resides among the finest players on the planet. [Full Article...]

And no one was more unequivocal than the guy who caught the touchdown that made the difference in Super Bowl LII. "Not to be reckless, but I'd much rather have fun and win a Super Bowl than be miserable and win five Super Bowls", Johnson said. [Full Article...]

Smith's only win of the award to date came during 2015, before the dominance of Warner began. Steve Smith and Ellyse Perry are firm favourites for Australian cricket's top individual awards after a stellar year for both of them. In a year when the Australians faced down considerable doubts about their capacity to compete in Asia and then followed up by regaining the Ashes at home, Smith was th... [Full Article...]

A Blue House official initially said the president had accepted Kim's offer, but that was later denied by chief spokesman Yoon Young-chan. Moon apparently cited the conditions necessary for an inter-Korean summit. She joined South Korean President Moon Jae-in, his wife and VIPs in their dignitary box to watch the opening ceremony. How likely is this resumption at this point? Former figure skat... [Full Article...]